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GEORGE H. RUTTMAN
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GEORGE H. RUTTMAN, of Kearny, Hudson County, is the son of Jonathan
Rutinan and Ann E. de Mond, both natives of New Jersey and descendants
of some of the oldest families in the State, being of Holland
Dutch origin. Mr. Rutman was born in Raritan, N. J., on the 16th of October,
1852, but received his education in the public schools of Elizabeth,
whither his parents moved when he was young. Since leaving school he
has been engaged in several lines of industry, the most important of which
is that of painter and decorator, which he has followed successively for
twenty-seven years in Elizabeth, Newark, and Kearny, N. J., having had his
residence in Kearny since about 1587. His long and active connection with
this trade and the large number of important contracts which he has executed
have won for him an acknowledged leadership among his contemporaries. Possessing artistic qualities of a high order, he has achieved success
and is known as one of the best painters and decorators in Eastern New
Jersey. In 1889 he erected his handsome residence on the corner of Bergen
Avenue and Elm Street, Kearny.
In politics Mr. Rutman has always been a Republican. He served as Police Justice of Kearny during the years 1897 and 1898, but otherwise has declined political preferment, preferring to devote his whole time to business. He is a member of Ethic Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the First Baptist Church, both of Harrison, Hudson County, and is an exempt fireman of the Kearny Fire Department. He enjoys the confidence of the entire community. On the 24th of May, 1876, Mr. Rutman married Mary Ellen Lackey, daughter of James and Ellen Lackey, of Newark, N. J. They have six children: Mabel, George, Herbert, Ella, Florence, and Garret Hobart.
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